Quick Help (quickhelp)

class orangecanvas.gui.quickhelp.QuickHelp(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Bases: PyQt5.QtWidgets.QTextBrowser

textChanged

Emitted when the shown text changes.

showHelp(text, timeout=0)[source]

Show help for timeout milliseconds. if timeout is 0 then show the text until it is cleared with clearHelp or showHelp is called with an empty string.

clearHelp()[source]

Clear help text previously set with showHelp.

showPermanentHelp(text)[source]

Set permanent help text. The text may be temporarily overridden by showHelp but will be shown again when that is cleared.

setDefaultText(text)[source]

Set default help text. The text is overriden by normal and permanent help messages, but is show again after such messages are cleared.

currentText()[source]

Return the current shown text.